Tag Archives: brain networks

Intelligence is associated with the modular structure of intrinsic brain networks

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

General intelligence is a psychological construct that captures in a single metric the overall level of behavioral and cognitive performance in an individual. While previous research has attempted to localize intelligence in circumscribed brain regions, more recent work focuses on … Continue reading →

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Brain circuits for successful emotional development established during infancy

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

Researchers in the UNC Early Brain Development Study tracking the development of the brain’s emotion circuitry in infancy found that adult-like functional brain connections for emotional regulation emerge during the first year of life. And the growth of these brain … Continue reading →

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Connections between neurons performing similar tasks shows how brain circuits are wired

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

Even the simplest networks of neurons in the brain are composed of millions of connections, and examining these vast networks is critical to understanding how the brain works. An international team of researchers, led by R. Clay Reid, Wei Chung … Continue reading →

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Complex learning dismantles barriers in the brain

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

Biology lessons teach us that the brain is divided into separate areas, each of which processes a specific sense. But findings to be published in eLife show we can supercharge it to be more flexible. Scientists at the Jagiellonian University … Continue reading →

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Networks of the Brain

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Over the last decade, the study of complex networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields. Increasingly, science is concerned with the structure, behavior, and evolution of complex systems ranging from cells to ecosystems. In Networks of the Brain, Olaf Sporns … Continue reading →

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Brain Anatomical Network and Intelligence

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Intuitively, higher intelligence might be assumed to correspond to more efficient information transfer in the brain, but no direct evidence has been reported from the perspective of brain networks. In this study, we performed extensive analyses to test the hypothesis … Continue reading →

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Dynamic reorganization of brain functional networks during cognition

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

How cognition emerges from neural dynamics? The dominant hypothesis states that interactions among distributed brain regions through phase synchronization give a basis for cognitive processing. Such phase synchronized networks are transient and dynamic, established on the timescale of milliseconds in order to perform … Continue reading →

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Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics.

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Creative thinking is central to the arts, sciences, and everyday life. How does the brain produce creative thought? A series of recently published papers have begun to provide insight into this question, reporting a strikingly similar pattern of brain activity and connectivity across … Continue reading →

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Pigeons better at multitasking than Humans

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as humans — and even more quickly in certain situations. These are the findings of biopsychologists who had performed the same behavioral experiments to test birds and humans. The authors … Continue reading →

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Child Abuse Can Impair Brain Wiring

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Giorgio Bertini

McGill researchers report those who suffer from traumatic experiences during childhood, like severe abuse, show significant abnormalities in the structure and cell function in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area of the brain associated with emotion and mood regulation. Researchers … Continue reading →

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